"Wind.

　Zegart sat deep on his throne and let out a hot breath.

　The demon king's throne.
　No matter how many times I sit on it, it's the most comfortable place I've ever been.

'I've finally made it this far.

　Zegert thought back to the path he had just taken.

　In the basement of the Demon King's Castle, the 'power' that the Demon King Velfer had stolen from the gods in the ancient battle was said to lie dormant.

　An immense and absolute power.
　In the last battle, the brave Liavert obtained a part of it.

　But even with a piece of power as small as a shard, it was powerful enough to 'reject' the magic of the Demon King Freed and cross over.
　If you could get all of them, how strong would you become──.

　However, that power is extremely unstable, and if someone with the demon attribute touches it carelessly, it seems that it will not escape annihilation.
　Zegart and Tsukuyomi investigated the depths of the Demon King's Castle and carefully studied its "power".

　As a result, they found a way to communicate with the gods.

　Hand me the power.
　Give me your power, it's mine to begin with!

　The gods sent this message to Zegert and the others.
　In exchange, they'll give you the means to defeat the Demon King.

　In other words, a deal.

　God would get his power back and Zegert would get a new Demon King.
　It was a dangerous gamble, but he took it.
　And God has given him a great deal of useful information.

Fried is an ex-human.
For some reason, he is the only one who has surpassed the "law of cause and effect", a rule that even gods and demons cannot surpass, and he has gained immense magical power and ability value.
However, because he is a former human, he has a strategy.
The strategy is to use the magic sword and the Miracle Armor together.

　The strategy is a combination of the Demon King's sword shards and the Miracle Armor.
　And the tactics he used to track down Fried.

This is a good thing. The problem is, what comes next is...
"If we hand over our 'power' as we have bargained for, God will definitely destroy the demon world.

　Tsukuyomi said from the throne.

'We've made an agreement, for what it's worth,'

　Zegart nodded.

　If the demon world doesn't unfairly invade the human world, he will allow the demon race to continue to exist, he said.
　To the point of bringing up a deal with the demon race, an irreconcilable enemy - the god is that much more attached to the lost power.

　The likelihood that the god would immediately renege on the deal is probably low.
　Even after he regains his power, it will take time for the god to blend it in with himself.......because it seems.

''It's reasonable to assume that they won't attack the demon world right away.

　And Tsukuyomi.

'Yeah. Of course, I don't know what the future holds.

　In fact, the promises God made to us are just a diversion.
　Eventually, if he regains his power, he will try to destroy the demon world.

But we just need to buy ourselves some time.

　Zegert growled.

''In the meantime, repair the defensive weapons that lie underneath the Demon King's Castle and prepare yourself to intercept the Heavenly Army.

　And Zegart himself - he will surely acquire power that surpasses God.
　In other words, this agreement is by default that God and Zegart's camp will become even more powerful, and eventually the two sides will decide who's boss.

　Freed will be harmful to each other, but not beneficial.
　Therefore, the general idea is that their mutual interests are aligned, and they will join forces to eliminate each other.

"Master Zegert, this is an emergency!

　And then a beast-type demon race entered the audience room.

''What is it?''
"Well, I mean, Demon King - no, Freed's group........?

　With an explosion, the demon race was blown away.
　They were knocked to the floor and knocked unconscious.

''An enemy attack?''

　Zegert rose from his throne.

　A black robed figure appears with high-pitched footsteps, followed by a beautiful silver-haired girl, a red-haired girl warrior and a skull swordsman.

You have come to challenge me. "You have come to challenge me, the Demon King.
"I don't give the throne to you, Zegert.

　The masked man in the lead - Fried - quietly announced.

"In the name of the Demon King, I will avenge you.

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"In the name of the Dark Lord, I will avenge you.

　I looked straight at Zegert.

"Are you going to avenge me?

　Growling Beast Emperor.
　No, he already thinks he's the new Demon King himself.

"Do you think you can defeat me now?
It's not about winning. We'll win.

　He arrogantly folds his arms and says to Zegert, "I'll be sure to...

''I'll be sure...''

　As a king.
　To protect my people.

　And to protect the demon world...

　It's a battle I can't afford to lose.

Stella, Lilim, Regal. You did exactly what we discussed.

　I told the three men behind me.

　The other guards had them waiting elsewhere.
　Even if it took a large number of people, Zegart's fighting ability was too different in dimension from an ordinary demon race.
　It was better not to be here than to needlessly add to the casualties.

　Now that the strongest magic power of all time has been greatly weakened, our reliance is on working with these three.

''Yes.''

　Regal lines up at my side and holds a sword designed to look like a combination of bones.

'I will read his movements. The Demon King should match it. Regal, so will Lilim.

　And Stella.

'I'll do my best too~!

　Lilim exclaimed cheerfully.

'Have you had your meeting?　You won't be able to defeat this Demon King Zegert even if you have the numbers together.
Do you think?
'Don't underestimate our power, Zegert.

　Me and Regal rushed at the growling lion beastman.